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. 2023 Jan 23;13:1289. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27399-5

Table 1.

Data characteristics of lung sound clips in the training and internal validation set and the prospective validation set.

Training and internal validation set Normal Crackles Wheezing Total
(n = 288) (n = 200) (n = 192) (N = 680)
Length of clip (s) 4.7 ± 1.8 4.3 ± 1.7 3.1 ± 1.2 4.1 ± 1.8
Number of breath cycles
1 cycle 3 (11.1%) 42 (21.0%) 64 (33.3%) 138 (20.3%)
2 cycles 256 (88.9%) 158 (79.0%) 128 (66.7%) 542 (79.7%)
Respiratory rate (/min) 27.3 ± 10.2 28.4 ± 12.3 36.4 ± 16.5 30.2 ± 13.4
Heart sound
Inaudible 71 (24.7%) 49 (24.5%) 50 (26.0%) 170 (25.0%)
Normal 217 (75.3%) 151 (75.5%) 142 (74.0%) 510 (75.0%)
Prospective validation set Normal Crackle Wheezing Total
(n = 28) (n = 31) (n = 31) (N = 90)
Length of clip (s) 4.9 ± 1.6 4.0 ± 1.2 3.3 ± 1.2 4.0 ± 1.5
Number of breath cycles
1 cycle 2 (7.1%) 13 (41.9%) 15 (48.4%) 30 (33.3%)
2 cycles 26 (92.9%) 18 (58.1%) 16 (51.6%) 60 (66.7%)
Respiratory rate (/min) 26.1 ± 8.5 24.6 ± 6.1 30.8 ± 13.0 27.2 ± 9.9
Heart sound
Inaudible 3 (10.7%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (6.5%) 5 (5.6%)
Normal 25 (89.3%) 31 (100.0%) 29 (93.5%) 85 (94.4%)